DDR3 Suggestions

WAterTriAd

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I'm looking at buying one of the new B3 revision 1155 socket motherboards and this means I need to upgrade my DDR3 ram. I'm currently looking at a couple of options and I was wondering if anyone knew whether I would see better performance from:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231440

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145336

While the G.Skill memory has an incredibly low TCAS, it's only rated at 1333 FSB. The Corsair memory has worse timings but it's rated for 2133 FSB. I don't know enough about the way the new Sandy Bridge PC's use their FSB to know if I can actually get the 2133 FSB memory running at full speed. My understanding is that the processor is multiplier unlocked and the FSP is locked on the CPU this time around, but that the new setup allows discreet clock timings on different components such as the memory.

So, if i pick up a nice Asus motherboard, will I be able to overclock just the memory to hit the 2133 FSB ratings to make the slower timings worth having, or should I just stick with the fast timing memory designed for the 1333 FSB I'll be using?

Thanks;
_WAter_